Let's just say I wasn't drinking for taste.

Sounds eerily like my Friday morning drunk last week.

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Lol...and a correction, if I may. Instead of "strive" I would instead say "pretend". 'Strive' gives them too much credit. Implies goal oriented behavior.

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Commish - Twisted Wrister Fantasy Hockey League

12 team, $$$, 24 players, Weekly, H2H, limited keeper (8), multi-cat (G, A, PIMs, Hits, SOG, HT/ W, GA, SV%, SO)

Start: 2C, 2RW, 2LW, 4D, 2G

The fresh hop train rolls on. Tonight Brau Bros. Hundred yard dash. Brewed n grown in a town of 200 in northern Minnesota.

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16 team H2H keep all - 1st Place in 2010-11
C: Datsyuk, M. Koivu, Krecji, Cervenka
LW: Parise, Franzen, Skinner, Glencross
RW: Pavelski, Marchand, Brunner, Shaw
D: Byfuglien, Phaneuf, Burns, Carle, Keith, Martin, Beauchemin
G: Lundqvist, Halak, Backstrom
Prospects: Hackett, Murray, Bjugstad, Poulin, Vatanen, Rattie, B. Nelson, Fasth

Not sure how many people have access to Trader Joe's stores, but I grabbed a 750 mL of their Vintage Ale because it was only $5. Turned out I loved it - one of the best value beers I've run into in a while. It's a strong ale style, and it's made by Unibroue. I will be going back and getting more.

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H2H 10 GMs Keeper: keep up to 4 at cost of draft pick (round in red) G, A,+/-,PIM,SOG,PPP; Wins,GAA,Sv% Start 2C 2R 2L 1 Util 4D 2G, weekly starts
C: Tomáš Plecanec (10), Jonathan Huberdeau (11)
LW: Patrik Eliáš (14), Pascal Dupuis (10) Иlлья Kovalchuk (1), Brandon Saad (10)
RW: Jarome Iginla (3), Phil Kessel (2) Jakub Voráček (9)
Util:
D:Ryan Suter (7), Mike Green (4), Brent Burns (10), Mark Streit, Justin Schultz (12)
G:Craig Anderson (6), Дeвaн Dubnyk (17) Cepгeй Bobrovsky (9), Niklas Bäckström (8)

I think I need to cut back on my beer expenditure... Not sure I can keep justifying spending like $10 for a bottle anymore (though maybe I'll fall in love with 8wired haha). Also going to try to avoid the 750ml bottles as they usually sit in my fridge for a while before I find occassion to drink them.

I think I'm going to stick to slighly more affordable 6 packs for the next while... Probably grab a 6 pack of Paddock Wood Loki, see if I can dig up Maudite or Trois Pistoles in a 6 pack, etc.

Of course I may change my mind by tomorrow :P

So the wife picked up a 24 pack from Costco of Sam Adam's Winter Classic set. So far I've tried Old Fezzigwig's Ale, which I rather liked. Looking forward to trying the rest and feeling a little more holiday-ish this year.

Oh and have a drink for me as we are surprised to find out that we are pregnant.

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Team 1:10 Multi-Cat Roto league

C- Malkin,Giroux,Thornton Galchenyuk, Schenn, Berglund, Eller
LW- Hall,Ovechkin, E.Kane Saad
RW- Seguin, Stewart, PAP
D- Subban,Phaneuf Keith, OEL, Hedman,
G- Pavelec,Hiller Lindback, Theodore, Lehner

Team 2:24 H2H League Multi-Cat

C- Lecavalier, B. Schenn, Ennis, Belanger
LW- JVR, Leino, Bissonnette, Whitney, C. Bourque, Nodl
RW- Kopecky, Langenbrunner, Doan, Versteeg, Mayers
D- Doughty, Burns, Souray, Sarich, Lovejoy, Potter
G-Pavelec, Enroth

Congrats, tgraveline! Awesome ride ahead, buddy.

My dark-as-night hop-bomb, Mount Crumpit Cascadian Dark Ale*, gets bottled this weekend. The wort was incredible, the sample on transfer to the secondary was also great. Really looking forward to this baby, and will try and find a commercial reference of a similar style so you cats can taste the goodness.

Next up will be an IPA, hopefully aimed at tropical fruit character in the malt to go with the hoptasticness. I'm thinking Williamette and Citra hops to balance the Cascade/Centennial/Columbus and a more british-style yeast to give the fruit flavours. It'll likely land somewhere between Red Racer IPA and Pliny the Elder based on clone recipes for those and what I'll be putting in this one. Very excited about it.

* props to anyone who gets the reference without Mr Google.

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How many kids do you have now? Like 5? Geeze man. Congrats! haha

5? 5? No damn wonder he drinks! Seriously though congrats buddy.

Looking forward to trying some more of these Founders beers. Just have to sit back and wait to see whether or not I get called in to work. T-minus 8 hours until I can hopefully open that bottle of Dirty Bastard....or maybe Red's Rye.....

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